‘We’re on TikTok? What’s TikTok?’ The forgotten bands going supersonic thanks to gen Z

Ageing acts that can’t even get radio time are going viral – and finding themselves playing arenas or even soundtracking Ukrainian resistance. But how do you follow up a hit no one can explain?

Spotify announces CFO to leave, days after he cashed in $9.3m in shares

Paul Vogel moved to sell stock as shares soared after it was revealed 1,500 jobs would be cut

Maria Callas’s hologram concert: ersatz simulacrum of a dead diva is weird and depressing

The legendary soprano was celebrated for her emotional connection. This moribund gimmick intended to bring her back – but in fact took her further away

James Blunt: One Brit Wonder review – soldier-turned-singer’s brilliant Twitter game

The witty singer’s superb comeback is a delight to behold in this entertaining fly-on-the-wall documentary

Spotify cuts more than 1,500 jobs amid rising costs

Music streaming service axes 17% of workforce in latest round of redundancies at big tech companies

Spotify Wrapped is creepy, meaningless – and shows just how much data big tech has on you

The annual summary of your listening habits has become a phenomenon – but aside from being a marketing wheeze, Wrapped doesn’t always reflect what we truly love

‘Almost like election night’: behind the scenes of Spotify Wrapped

The internet is abuzz with the results of this year’s rundown, with Taylor Swift coming out on top as 2023’s most streamed artist

‘Putting a number on art’: musicians nervous as Spotify announces royalty changes

Streaming giant says tweaks will bring more revenue to artists and away from fraudsters, but some musicians are worried about further creeping change

Spotify to phase out service in Uruguay following new copyright bill requiring ‘fair and equitable remuneration’

The streaming platform claimed that it already pays nearly 70% of every dollar to labels and publishers and had contributed to a 20% growth in Uruguay’s music industry in 2022

Neil Young boycotts X over antisemitic Elon Musk tweet

Singer-songwriter joins chorus of disapproval over Musk’s agreement with tweet that accused Jewish communities of ‘dialectical hatred against whites’

John Legend and Sia among singers to trial AI versions of voices with YouTube

Google-owned video platform opens up Dream Track experiment to produce 30-second soundtracks

‘It was a way to share your musical experiences’: why cassette tapes flourished, and still endure

Two new books explore the history of the tape and how it helped spread hip-hop, thrash metal and experimental music around the world one mixtape at a time

YouTube to offer option to flag AI-generated songs that mimic artists’ voices

Record companies will be able to request removal of content that mimics an artist’s ‘unique singing or rapping’

Kavi: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The hyperpop musician shares the various phrases, minutiae and Twitter arguments tattooed on his brain. It’s delightfully stupid

Music publishers sue Amazon-backed AI company over song lyrics

The music publishers’ lawsuit appears to be the first copyright case over AI’s use of song lyrics